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United Community and Family Services is a few steps closer to a new home that will house a wider range of health care services and enliven a long-abandoned 2.3-acre property in Jewett City. Griswold residents at town meeting Jan. 13 voted unanimously to approve sale of the former Triangle Plastic Wire and Cable Co. property on East Main Street to UCFS for the site of its future home, for a price of $265,000. First Selectman Kevin Skulczyck said that the plan was a win-win for town residents and UCFS. "It's taking an eyesore and building a brand new facility" offering health care services "as close to a hometown doctor as anyone can get in today's world," he...

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